Monthly Archives: November 2005

Fritz Lang’s M

Stupendous! I was waiting for this link to work, and now there it is: M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder on the Internet Archive! Yes, the Fritz Lang’s masterpiece with the fantastic Peter Lorre! If you’ve never watched the … Continue reading

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Bela Lugosi is dead

But three of his films keep his memory very much alive on the Internet Archive. The latest addition was Scared to Death. The only color film to star Bela Lugosi, more info on IMDb. (via o zombie). More Lugosi on … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m not American, but I’m a polite girl (most of the time) and need/ want to wish happy Thanksgiving to my readers. So: Happy Thanksgiving I have some links about it too people that know what it is, for people … Continue reading

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Skeptic’s Annotated Bible

Something that I would like to my grandma for Christmas: Skeptic’s Annotated Bible. Unfortunately it isn’t available in book form. Precisely so I want to show to her the great work of annotation made on the Old and New Testament. … Continue reading

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Einstein the Parrot

If you know me you know that I love to make sound effects while I’m talking. But Einstein the Parrot is much better than me, to make those sounds. The grey lady, it’s a female parrot, is amazing. But I’m … Continue reading

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Hand Bookbindings

Hand Bookbindings: Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious. The on-line display of that Princeton University’s Firestone Library exhibition of over two hundred bindings, divided thematically into twenty-six categories. While conventional wisdom holds that books cannot be judged by their … Continue reading

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Matthew J. Luxich

Matt Can Draw. Well, his colourful (and with a lot of humour) illustrations shows that he really can. Matthew J. Luxich started drawing cartoon characters on the walls all throughout the house, before go to study illustration and animation. His … Continue reading

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Benjamin Carre

Blanc Foncé – Benjamin Carre’s Art Pages. Most of illustrations have a dark atmosphere, sometimes a sci-fi themes, with a dramatic style, like some comics. There isn’t a lot of information about him, but I think that his illustrations reflect … Continue reading

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Les Girls

This is not a post about Cukor’s film Les Girls; it’s a post to introduce you to a few blogs that I like a lot, where you can find girls singing in French. Blowupdoll was the first audio blog that … Continue reading

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What Barry Says

What Barry Says: an animated short film directed by Simon Robson produced by Knife Party, where you can find more information about it . What Barry Says is very much a response to Simon witnessing his peers apparent lack of … Continue reading

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